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“If You're Serious About Wanting to Get Down—”
The fever pitch of the Cold War led President Kennedy to speak before the United Nations on September 25, 1961, where he poignantly argued that both East and West should reduce their arms and armies to the point necessary to maintain internal order and permit the United Nations to be the international peace force. Herblock depicts a young Kennedy standing up to Khrushchev, the elder statesman, on the brink of the precipice.
“If You’re Serious About Wanting to Get Down,” 1961. Published in the Washington Post, September 26, 1961. |